Robert S. Katz

Robert S. Katz


Torkildson Katz, A Law Corporation

Recognized since 1983

Honolulu, Hawaii

Practice Areas

Employment Law - Management

Health Care Law

Labor Law - Management

Litigation - Labor and Employment

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Robert Katz, Director, has been practicing law in Hawaii for over 40 years. During that time he has counseled and represented Hawaii, Mainland and International based clients in both the private and public sectors in antitrust, business, employment and labor and health care transactions and litigation. Mr. Katz has appeared successfully before Hawaii and federal administrative agencies, arbitrators and Hawaii and federal courts. He has also represented both public and private Hawaii, mainland and international base companies in labor negotiations. Mr. Katz is an original and continuing co-editor of the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce's Desk Manual for Employers and its Model Employer Handbook.

Practice Areas: Labor and Employment, Employment Litigation, Health Care, Employment Compliance, Labor Relations

Location
  • Topa Financial Center Building, 15th Floor
    700 Bishop Street
    Honolulu, HI 96813-4187
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Michigan, J.D., graduated 1967
  • Rutgers University–Camden, B.A., graduated 1964
Bar Admissions
  • United States, U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia 2014
  • United States, U.S. Supreme Court 1997
  • United States, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1969
  • United States, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii 1968
  • Hawaii, 1968
Affiliations
  • College of Labor and Employment Lawyers - Fellow
  • Honolulu Museum of Art - Trustee
  • Hawaii Opera Theatre - Director
  • The Contemporary Museum of Hawaii - Trustee
  • Blood Bank of Hawaii - Trustee

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Labor Law - Management, Honolulu (2025)
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, Honolulu (2025)
  • Employment Law - Management, Honolulu (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Health Care Law
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
  • Antitrust
  • Arbitration and Mediation
  • Corporate
  • Employee Benefits
  • Employment
  • Hospitals
  • Litigation
  • Management
  • Medical Staff Law
  • Physicians
Awards:
  • College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
  • Listed in Best Lawyers, Chamber's and Who's Who since inception
  • Served as Co-Chair of the ABA's Employment and Labor Subcommittee on Antitrust and Labor
  • First attorney from Hawaii elected to the College of Labor and Employment Law

Publications

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